tire pressure monitoring system help

[jkrz]

good day everyone

I have read many of the post of the tpms but it is mostly of a workaround

I have a 2008 outback with steel rins and have just got alum mags for it

Took it to the shop and they said there is a problem we have to order 4 tpm's

My question is...can't the tpms from the steel rims be put on the type 1 mags?

if new ones are put on then you have to go to the dealer to get then calibrated....another expense!!!!!

Can you please help

also "how", (if it is possible to put them on the new rims)

what is the procedure

From the Forrester message board it doesn't state how

thanks everyone

Happy Easter!!

joe

[Legacy777]

bump, anyone have any ideas?

[griffenrider]

According to this site: http://www.subaru-tpms.com/tpms-subaru-service-guide.html

 

it appears that the TPMS is installed in a manner that should allow it to be moved from wheel to wheel, but will require unmount and then remount/rebalance of the wheels each time. According to the video they have posted, it looks like foresters also know the wheel location, so if you're going to actually use the TPMS to warn you about low pressure (instead of, you know, checking your wheels from time to time), then you have to relearn position every rotation. I wonder how much the stealership charges for that service?

 

Anyway, short answer, IMHO you should be able to switch the TPMS over from wheel to wheel, but you may need to buy new valve stems to do it. If you plan on using both rims on the car (e.g. winter and summer tires), you'll end up paying the remount + rebalance fee twice a rear (80/year), which adds up pretty quickly.

[bheinen74]

 

all it is.

 

If it was me, black electrical tape would fix it for good.

[NoahDL88]

 

If it was me, black electrical tape would fix it for good.

 

 

He came here for a fix and you give him this?

 

 

They should switch from alloy to steel, but probably only factory rims, while at ford there were a lot of aftermarket rims that didn't fit the sensors well.

[Fairtax4me]

What Noah said. They will probably fit factory wheels but aftermarket are often a little different. You should be able to buy aftermarket sensors though and have them calibrated to the car.

 

I would guess calibration at the dealer would be in the $90 - 100 range. It's done with a computer, so should only be about an hour in labor time.

[Caboobaroo]

The rubber valve stems on the steels (if it IS a rubber stem with the sensor bolted to it like shown above) are the same size as a standard rubber stem BUT you have to use OEM (or equivalent) stems. GM also used the same system in some of their newer cars. Subaru also did a hard mounted TPMS sensor where its built into the valve stem but those are metal, not rubber. Both of which should technically fit into aftermarket wheels.